Need some ideas/advise on cleaning a 4 foot high enclosed run

[LOLchick]

Hi
We currently have a coop with a run attached to it. High enough for me to stand in. I
want to extend the run but don't want to have it higher than about 4 feet. The extended part would be 5ft wide and 10 ft long. We have a smaller backyard and I don't want the coop to take over and be unsightly. My question is, does anyone have experience with cleaning this. Or how do you overcome the obvious issue of cleaning it. I don't see myself crawling around inside to clean it!

So, any ideas or advise would be greatly appreciated.
Something I'm not thinking of? Secret doors? Whenever I read the "what I would do different"
comments, 'higher' and 'larger' coops always seem to be at top of the list. I've already made the 'too small' mistake. Don't want to go there again

Any advise?
Thanks!
Renee

 

[Horseyrider]

Our small coop run is four foot chain link panels, and we put them together with sturdy zip ties so all we have to do is snip and lay them down to have access for cleaning. Putting them back together takes no tools, which is more than I can say for the cleaning.

 

[Hokum Coco]

Find someone about 3ft 10inches tall.

 

[chickenfever417]

We built a lid....it fits on top flat and slids off easy to rake. Made of wood. Fencing was a great idea too. Wish I would of thought of that lol

 

[LOLchick]

Find someone about 3ft 10inches tall.

 

[LOLchick]

I decided to get a 6 foot high chain link kennel, and because I have a small lemon tree in the middle of it, basically touching all sides of the coop, I thought I didn't need a roof. Well, apparently chickens can propel themselves upwards like helicopters or something because when I went outside 30 minutes after I let them out of their coop, Lucy was very proudly standing on top of the fence!!

So, 630 am I'm running arounf the yard in my pajamas. I'm now considering making "Lucy-pot-pie"....... Just kidding. Love them to much

But I am sticking to my thinking, "if I knew what I know now before I had chickens, I would be happily chickenless"

Bottomline, it's back to the drawing board. And more money.......

 

[angel8035]

I decided to get a 6 foot high chain link kennel, and because I have a small lemon tree in the middle of it, basically touching all sides of the coop, I thought I didn't need a roof. Well, apparently chickens can propel themselves upwards like helicopters or something because when I went outside 30 minutes after I let them out of their coop, Lucy was very proudly standing on top of the fence!!

So, 630 am I'm running arounf the yard in my pajamas. I'm now considering making "Lucy-pot-pie"....... Just kidding. Love them to much

But I am sticking to my thinking, "if I knew what I know now before I had chickens, I would be happily chickenless"

Bottomline, it's back to the drawing board. And more money.......

Go on amazon and buy some aviary netting. It is cheap and will stretch over the top of your run to keep chickens in. I attach it to my fence with zip ties.